Diverse expertise will support impact as
organization continues to scale
DENVER, April 30,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Build Change welcomes a new
board member and two new members of its senior management team:
Susie Berg, Director and Senior
Corporate Counsel at Autodesk was appointed to the board of
directors effective February 6, 2024;
Abby Robinson joined Build Change in
February as Director of Strategic Partnerships, and Angie Henderson Moncada joined as VP of
Communications earlier this month. These new leaders provide
expertise that will enable Build Change to deliver impact and raise
money by enhancing digital client experience, deepening
community-driven collaboration, and sharing powerful stories.
Build Change welcomes a new board member
and two new members of its senior management team.
Build Change's board of directors now includes professionals and
entrepreneurs from the insurance, technology, and social innovation
sectors who provide guidance and share best practices from their
respective industries. The senior management team is now made up of
seasoned leaders in Engineering, Finance, Technology,
Administration, Programs, Fund Development, Advocacy, and
Communications who combine fresh perspectives from a variety of
industries with long tenures at Build Change.
"Our board of directors and senior management team are essential
to scaling and funding our mission of greatly reducing deaths,
injuries, and economic losses caused by housing and school
collapses due to earthquakes, extreme weather, and fires," says
Build Change Founder, CEO, and Interim Board Chair Dr. Elizabeth Hausler.
"I am thrilled to welcome each of these impressive women to
Build Change. In addition to bringing deep technical expertise to
their new roles, they also exemplify our other core principles:
equality, curiosity, tenacity, optimism, and urgency," Hausler
says. "Their appointments couldn't come at a better time as we open
up new financing channels for homeowners, offer AI-enhanced digital
products to support builders and governments, and collaborate with
key partners to expand our impact into new countries. It's an
exhilarating time as we celebrate 20 years of impact this year with
exciting campaigns ahead."
Susie Berg, Board
Member
Susie Berg serves
as Director and Senior Corporate Counsel at Autodesk where she
supports eCommerce and the digital customer experience, helping to
open new growth pathways including the use of AI as it relates to a
customer's digital experience. "I am honored to join the board of
Build Change and thrilled to use my legal expertise to collaborate
on leveraging AI, and advanced technologies to embed resilience
into housing in communities around the globe," says Berg.
Abby Robinson, Director of
Strategic Partnerships
Abby
Robinson exudes a blend of global insight and
grassroots dedication. With a dynamic career spanning impactful
roles with Atlas Corps, AmeriCorps, and DC Central Kitchen, she has
forged partners across sectors including with the U.S. Department
of State, American Express Foundation, and Conrad N. Hilton
Foundation. Robinson's journey demonstrates a relentless commitment
to community-driven change. "I am guided by a simple yet profound
mantra: Make it big," says Robinson. "This ethos inspires people
and organizations to harness their potential for the betterment of
their communities. It frames my approach joining Build Change as we
develop and nurture new and existing strategic partnerships around
the globe."
Angie Henderson Moncada, VP of
Communications
Angie Henderson
Moncada is a brand storyteller who has spent more than
two decades advocating for resilience. She has held senior
communications and marketing roles at FM Global, Munich Re, Citi,
and the American Red Cross, leading campaigns to help people and
organizations predict and mitigate the impacts of climate change,
expand into new markets, develop partnerships with innovative
startups, finance social and economic progress, and prepare for and
respond to natural disasters. "Joining Build Change allows me to
roll up my sleeves and make a real impact on issues that I have
cared deeply about throughout my career. I am excited to
collaborate with so many smart and visionary colleagues and
partners around the globe to help tell the story of the great work
of this amazing organization."
About Build Change – Build Change is the global leader in
systems change for resilient housing. Our engineers, builders,
coders, policy advocates, and lending partners are providing
urgently needed housing solutions in the world's most
disaster-prone countries. Shifting power to families since 2004,
Build Change has safeguarded over $4.7
billion in housing infrastructure assets across Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific, improving the lives of over 1.17
million people by building new or retrofitting more than 230,000
buildings, at a cost of $58 per safer
person. Learn more at www.buildchange.org or follow us on
X and LinkedIn.
Media Contact:
Angie Henderson Moncada
comms@buildchange.org
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